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This is a list of the fastest flying birds in the world. A bird's velocity is necessarily variable; a hunting bird will reach much greater speeds while diving to catch prey than when flying horizontally.
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds the official Air Speed Record for a crewed airbreathing jet engine aircraft with a speed of 3,530 km/h (2,190 mph). The record was set on 28 July 1976 by Eldon W. Joersz and George T. Morgan Jr. near Beale Air Force Base, California, USA.
The V150, the world's fastest wheeled train, on its record-breaking run. Schienenzeppelin propeller-driven rail car. Mallard, the world's fastest steam train.
Today piston engines are used almost exclusively on light, general aviation aircraft. The official speed record for a piston plane was held by a modified Grumman F8F Bearcat, the Rare Bear, with a speed of 528.315 mph (850.241 km/h) on 21 August 1989 at Reno, Nevada, United States of America.
Kamehameha: Seaflite Pacific Sea Trsp. Mar 1975: 1978 Corvo: Far East Hydrofoil: Hijet: Hijet Ferry / Miraejet Co. Ltd. Inactive No. 4: Kuhio: Seaflite Pacific Sea Trsp. Sep 1975: 1978 Pico: Far East Hydrofoil: Retired in 2018 No. 5: Santa Maria: Far East Hydrofoil / TurboJET Hong Kong: Jun 1975: Scrapped in 2021 (Retired in 2019) No. 6: Anita ...
The MacCready Gossamer Condor is a human-powered aircraft capable of flight as slow as 8 miles per hour (13 km/h). Its successor, the MacCready Gossamer Albatross can fly as slow as 9.23 miles per hour (14.85 km/h). [1]
The two young pilots who died in the training flight have been identified as Hiram deFries, 22, a Punahou School graduate from Papakolea, and Preston Kaluhiwa, 26, a Kamehameha Schools graduate.
True airspeed (TAS) is the actual speed the airplane is moving through the air. When combined with aircraft direction, wind speed and direction, it can be used to calculate ground speed and direction. Equivalent airspeed (EAS) is true airspeed times root density ratio. It is a useful way of calculating aerodynamic loads and airplane performance ...